Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 14

• We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

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  Motivational, Spiritual, Peace

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• The reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to co-exist on this small planet. Therefore, the only sensible and intelligent way of resolving differences and clashes of interests, whether between individuals or nations, is through dialogue.

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  Intelligent, Reality, Differences

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• Our greatest duty and our main responsibility is to help others. But please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.

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  Hurt, Responsibility, Helping Others

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• The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.

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  Life, Mind, Existential

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• The real troublemakers are anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred. With them, problems cannot be solved. Though we may have temporary success, ultimately our hatred or anger will create futher difficulties. Anger makes for swift solutions. Yet, when we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better.

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  Motivation, Real, Compassion

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• Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the contrary, people feel uneasy and sad and say, 'Today I am not very happy, because I lost my temper this morning.'

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  Morning, Anger, People

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• Because of the great differences in our ways of thinking, it is inevitable that we have different religions and faiths. Each has its own beauty. And it is much better that we live together on the basis of mutual respect and mutual admiration.

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  Thinking, Differences, Together

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• Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind.

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  Silence, Mind, Important

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• Everything is interconnected. My
  interest is linked to everyone else's. Our survival and future are linked. Therefore the destruction of your so-called enemy is actually the destruction of your self.

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  Self, Survival, Enemy

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• No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.

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  Beautiful, Lying, Character

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.7, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality. By learning from science about aspects of reality where its understanding may be more advanced, I believe that Buddhism enriches its own worldview.

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  Spiritual, Believe, Buddhism

  "Our Faith in Science" by Dalai Lama, www.nytimes.com. November 12, 2005.

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• I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.

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  Rights, Perspective, Violence

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• Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.

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  Inspirational, Compassion, Peaceful

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• We don’t need more money, we don’t need greater success or fame, we don’t need the perfect body or even the perfect mate-right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness.

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  Perfect, Mind, Body

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.45, Penguin

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• It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we need to pay attention to our inner values. Sometimes people think compassion is only of help to others, while we get no benefit. This is a mistake. When you concern yourself with others, you naturally develop a sense of self-confidence . To help others takes courage and inner strength.

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  Wise, Confidence, Spiritual

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• My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not

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  Kindness, Believe, Practice

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2003). “How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

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  Foundation, Harmony, Genuine

  Dalai Lama (2012). “The Compassionate Life”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.

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  Inspirational, Mother, Technology

  Dalai Lama XIV (1995). “My Tibet”, p.80, Univ of California Press

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• Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

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  Peace, Perfection, Mind

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• I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and reconciliation.

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  Spirit, Conflict, Genuine

  Dalai Lama's Speech to the European Parliament, tibet.net. October 24, 2001.

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• There is competition, but it is used in a good way. It is positive to want to go first, provided the intention is to pave the way for others, make their path more easy, help them, or show the way. Competition is negative when we wish to defeat others, to bring them down in order to lift ourselves up.

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  Order, Competition, Wish

  Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy.

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  People, Honest, Truthful

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• Even secular humanism has great spiritual resources; it is almost like a religion to me.

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  Spiritual, Resources, Secular Humanism

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.

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  Change, Wise, Wisdom

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.9, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.

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  Honesty, Compassion, Trust Honesty

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